Irish Bread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel Sauce

Have a good time St. Patrick’s Day with Irish Bread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel Sauce! It’s such a decadent and straightforward dessert that you could be simply end up making all of it yr lengthy.

What are your favourite St. Patrick’s Day traditions?

We love to move to our native parade (STL is understood for his or her household parades on St. Patrick’s Day, it’s SO enjoyable), drink some inexperienced beer, after which head dwelling for Irish Bread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel Sauce.

Our canine Scout even joins the enjoyable by carrying her favourite inexperienced sequined collar. That poor canine doesn’t stand an opportunity. It’s one among our favourite days!

Is there something extra comforting than bread pudding? Tremendous easy whereas additionally being decadent, it’s the proper method to indulge on date night time, after an extended week, or simply celebrating on a regular basis issues.

This Irish Bread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel Sauce is ideal for St. Patrick’s Day! Oozing with flavors that make St. Patrick’s Day a favourite (WHISKEY!), heat, scrumptious, and SO EASY.

What’s to not love!

Scrumptious Irish Bread Pudding

I simply have such a factor for bread pudding. I’ve made it with chocolate (scorching chocolate bread pudding to be precise!), and even made an apple pie bread pudding.

And naturally there’s pumpkin bread pudding and croissant bread pudding.

However you possibly can’t beat this Irish bread pudding with whiskey caramel sauce model. It’s bursting with taste and persona.

You may bake Irish bread pudding in a big casserole dish or in particular person ramekins for company. It’s the proper dessert to make when entertaining as a result of it’s thrown collectively in minutes.

Go away the bread pudding a bit to absorb all of the goodness within the custard after which bake. Prime with further whiskey caramel sauce or whipped cream for an additional particular deal with. Don’t you simply need to dive proper in??

I like to soak the raisins beforehand within the whiskey for further bursts of taste all through. Should you’re not a raisin lover (howdy, my husband!), I’ve additionally used chocolate chips.

Now THAT is decadent! Ooey, gooey, and oh so good. It’s an effective way to complete off a meal of Irish lamb stew and soda bread.

Whiskey Caramel Sauce: The Good End

The whiskey caramel sauce is what actually takes this Irish bread pudding recipe from scrumptious to amazingly decadent.

In contrast to some bread pudding recipes that merely serve the sauce on high, a number of the whiskey caramel sauce goes into the bread pudding custard.

Which means the flavour of the sauce is in each single chunk of this bread pudding.

Then you possibly can serve much more of the remaining sauce on high as nicely! Double the whiskey caramel sauce for double the flavour.

You would possibly even need to make further Whiskey Caramel Sauce to drizzle on high of ice cream or over apple crumb pie. In any case, who stated that you would solely take pleasure in it for St. Patrick’s Day?

The best way to Make Irish Bread Pudding & Whiskey Caramel Sauce

Although you must make two issues for this recipe – the caramel sauce and the bread pudding – don’t be intimidated. You are able to do this!

Elements you’ll want

Step one to creating this recipe is making the whiskey caramel sauce. For that, you will want:

• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 2 ounces cream cheese, cubed
• 1/4 cup Irish whiskey
• 1/4 cup milk

You should use your favourite Irish whiskey for this recipe. Should you don’t have a specific favourite or aren’t tremendous conversant in Irish whiskeys, Jameson is a good choice! 

Use the remainder of the bottle to make some Irish outdated fashioneds or Irish coffees to go together with your St. Patrick’s Day meal. 

For the bread pudding, you will want:

• 10 cups cubed French bread (reduce into 1/2 inch cubes)
• 1/2 cup raisins (or chocolate chips in the event you don’t like raisins)
• 2/3 cup whiskey caramel sauce
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 can evaporated milk, 12 ounces
• 2 eggs, flippantly overwhelmed
• cinnamon sugar to style

This recipe makes a 9×13-inch pan or about six 6-ounce ramekins of bread pudding. So there’s a lot to feed a crowd or have leftovers if you’re simply feeding a number of individuals!

I actually like utilizing French bread for this recipe. It soaks up the custard rather well with out getting too soggy. 

Be at liberty to soak the raisins in a little bit of the Irish whiskey whilst you work on the caramel sauce for much more taste. 

Making the whiskey caramel sauce

Essentially the most intimidating a part of this recipe is making the caramel sauce, however I do know you are able to do it.

Add the water and sugar to a saucepan and place it over medium-high warmth. I counsel utilizing a bigger saucepan than you assume you will want – it will provide you with extra floor space to work with.

Stir till the sugar utterly dissolves.

Now, set down the spoon and don’t contact it once more. Actually! 

In contrast to recipes like Salted Caramel Sauce that use some corn syrup as insurance coverage in opposition to graininess, stirring this might flip it right into a grainy mess.

Let the combination simmer till it’s golden. This often takes round 17-20 minutes. 

Make sure that the combination is simmering (effervescent) your complete time. If it isn’t, flip up the warmth a bit.

Maintain a detailed eye on it as a result of it’ll go from no shade to golden to burnt shortly, however once more: Don’t contact it!

As soon as it’s golden, take away the pan from the warmth. Now seize a whisk and punctiliously whisk within the butter and cream cheese till the entire clumps are dissolved.

The combination is tremendous scorching and might bubble up, so watch out!

As soon as the butter and cream cheese are labored in, whisk within the whiskey and milk. It’s most likely going to bubble up once more, so preserve being cautious. 

As soon as the sauce is easy and mixed, set it apart.

Making the Irish bread pudding

To make the bread pudding, mix the cream, sugar, vanilla, evaporated milk, eggs, and ⅔ cup of the whiskey sauce in a big bowl. Whisk nicely.

Add the cubed bread, stirring to verify every bit of bread is roofed within the custard combination.

Cowl and refrigerate for at the least half-hour to let the bread absorb the custard. You may let the combination soak for longer – as much as in a single day! – in the event you like.

While you’re able to bake, pour the bread combination right into a greased 9×13-inch dish or divide it into about six 6-ounce ramekins.

Sprinkle the raisins or chocolate chips excessive and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar as desired.

Bake the Irish bread pudding for about 35 minutes or till set. Serve it heat with extra of the whiskey caramel sauce as you would like!

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Irish Bread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel Sauce was contributed by Becky of The Cookie Rookie.